Big Lots, Inc. (BIG), a discount and closeout retailer, said that David Campisi, its president and CEO, took medical leave after he was hospitalized on Friday, December 1, shortly after the company's third-quarter earnings call. Campisi is now recuperating at home.

Germany's producer price inflation remained at its highest level in 19 months in November, data from the Federal Statistical Office showed on Wednesday.
Producer prices rose 3.3 percent year-on-year in November, same as in October. Economists had expected a 3.1 percent increase.
The pace of increase...

After failing to sustain an early move to the upside, stocks continued to experience substantial volatility over the course of the trading day on Tuesday. The major averages fluctuated wildly as the day progressed before closing in positive territory.